this reminds me of james c scott's seeing like a state where he talks about attempts to make the world "readable/legible" from the viewpoint of an administration
"As the scientific forester may dream of a perfectly legible forest planted with same-aged, single-species, uniform trees growing in straight lines in a rectangular flat space cleared of all underbrush and poachers, so the exacting state official may aspire to a perfectly legible population with registered, unique names and addresses keyed to grid settlements"
he also often takes a shit on le corbusier for his Big Bombastic Curveless projects
You're so awesome
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It’s our responsibility to at least try to be better- wish everyone saw it like you do.
this reminds me of james c scott's seeing like a state where he talks about attempts to make the world "readable/legible" from the viewpoint of an administration
"As the scientific forester may dream of a perfectly legible forest planted with same-aged, single-species, uniform trees growing in straight lines in a rectangular flat space cleared of all underbrush and poachers, so the exacting state official may aspire to a perfectly legible population with registered, unique names and addresses keyed to grid settlements"
he also often takes a shit on le corbusier for his Big Bombastic Curveless projects
Thank you for making me think.
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